Our History

Steidlmayer Law was established by Leo Steidlmayer in 1979.

Leo earned his undergraduate degree and played basketball at Santa Clara University (Class of 1967). He went on to attend law school at the University of California, Davis, and began his legal career as a deputy district attorney in Butte County before joining a private firm in Chico. In 1979, Leo returned to his hometown of Colusa to establish his own practice. After a long and distinguished career serving the community, he now holds the role “Of Counsel” at Steidlmayer Law, and is valued for his practical, solution-oriented advice.

Born and raised in Colusa, with a long family history in the area, Leo has remained deeply invested in the community. He is a former member of the Knights of Columbus and the Colusa Rotary Club. An avid tennis player, Leo has coaches players of all ages, shares his passion for the sport, and serves as a community advocate for the use and upkeep of Colusa’s public courts.

Erin E. Steidlmayer was born in Honolulu, Oahu, and has lived in Northern California since childhood. She earned her undergraduate degree from the University of California, Davis, and her law degree from Santa Clara University School of Law. While in law school, she studied abroad at Oxford University through Santa Clara’s summer program and served as a technical editor for the Santa Clara High Technology Law Journal. After graduating, she worked as a senior license consultant at Oracle America, Inc. In 2014, Erin moved to Colusa to join her husband and father-in-law at Steidlmayer Law. Her transition to Colusa inspired her to focus her legal practice on estate planning, a field that closely reflects both her personal values and the needs of the local community. Erin is proud to be an active member of Colusa, volunteering in local classrooms, coaching youth soccer, and serving on the Colusa Unified School District Board of Trustees.

Our Building

The Steidlmayer Law office building, also known as the "Judge H.M. Albery House," was dedicated as a Colusa Historical Landmark No. 1 in 1977. The original structure at this address was built in 1874 by Augustus Luring Hart, elected district attorney of Colusa County. When Hart moved to Sacramento several years later to fulfill his elected duties as state attorney general, the property was purchased by Herman Meir Albery, the fourth superior court judge of Colusa County. In 1891 Mr. Albery and his wife took on an extensive expansion of the house, remaking it in the Queen Anne and Eastlake architectural style that marks the building's great character still today.